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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. T. WARD, of Cardingtor, 'in the county of Morrow,and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVashin-g-Muehines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part o f this speci` iication, in which- Figure I is alongitudinal vertical section of my improved machine.

Figure 2, a transverse section thereof.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures. V

My invention consists in the combination of a horizontal wash-board witha segmental one,`provided with a lever, by which the two are operated,and the clothes washed by being compressed between the boards, and inthe use of a spring in connection therewith, all as hereinafter fullyset forth.

As represented in the drawings, A is a rectangnlartub, with thestandards B B at the sides opposite each other, in which is mounted ahorizontal axis, c, that connects them and forms the fulcrum, for thetwo levers D D. The lower ends of these levers are enlarged in the formof a segment, between which are secured the strips forming theconvex-wash hoard-E. Il'- is a- 'horizontal waslbboard, Jwith a'raisedledge,g, on each side, which serves to retain the water and clothes onthe board while the latter are being subjected to the action of theconvex surface of the board E. This board is coupled to the levers D bymeans o'f arms H H-hinged at one end to the top of the ledges g, and atthe other pivoted to the levers, or, preferably, secured by a notchfitting over a screw, t', as represent-cd, so as to be read-ilydisconnected when required.. Surrounded andfastcned to the axis c is aspiral spring, j, the outer end engaging under a cross-rod, c, whichextends across the machine, as shown. The axis c has its bearings inslots l, made in the top of the standards B. -The wash-k board F restson two longitudinal pieces, M M at the bottom of the tub on each side,which are provided with a vertical rnortise, n., at their centre, inwhich are arranged two friction-rollers, o o, on which the board Frollsas it is operated back and forth by the levers D and connecting-arms Il,as will presently be described. The end of board F has secured to it agate, p, which projects downward, closing the space between the sills M.It may be hinged to the wash-board as shown, if preferred, so as to turnup when its use is not required. N '1s a braceor stay, connecting thelevers D, as represented. The end of the wash-boards may be made .plain,as shown; corrugated, perforated, constructed of yielding slats, orcovered with canvas, rubber, dto., or of any other suitableconstruction.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: The water and garmentsto be washed being pnt in the tub, the levers D are turned back, asshown in red lines, elevating the board E, enabling the clothes to bereadily arranged on the horizontal one, F, when the levers are operatedby theV cross round q, at the end of the levers, which causes thesegmental board E to compress the clothes upon the horizontal board,while it at the same time moves the latter longitudinally (shown inredlines) by means of the connectingarmsH. This downward movement-of theloversl (as indicated by arrows) compresses the springj, the endof whichbeing'engagcd under the rod lc, operates tov press the board E withgreater or less force, according to the stiffness of the spring ou theclothes beneath, theslots in the standards allowing the necessaryadjust-nient of the axis c, while the elasa tieity of the spring allowsthe board to yield to the varying thickness of the garments operated on.The'gate p, attached to end of board I", as before described, operates,as the board reciprocates, to alternately dam up the water at eitherend,-so` as to overflow the clothes and horizontal board at the sametime it and the end of the board squeeze thev garments between them andthe end of the tub. By this it is manifest that my machine has a twofoldaction in washing, viz, compressing the clothes between` the twowash-boards, and also in the manner just described, which combinedaction accomplishes the desired result of washing and rinsing theclothes in the most rapid and thorough manner. The springj not onlyoperates' as before specified, but also assists in raising the depressedleversV to their normal position, which is the more laborious. Thecross-rod is designed to be made of such size that it will yield andoperate as a spring to a certain extent. 'If either or both of the bedsof the washboards are made elastic, the use of the spring 7' may bedispensed with by mounting the axis- `c in rigid boxes, although Iprefer to employ them in both cases.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The segmental or convex wash-board E, ctuated by levers D, incombination with the reciprocating Wash-board F and connecting-arms H,substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 2. I alsoclaim, in combination therewith, the spring j, rod lc, and slots Z,arranged and operating substan- -tiolly as described. l

3. I also claim the gate p, in combination with the horizontallreciprocating wash-board F, and tub A, arranged and operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose set foith In witnesa whereof, Ihave hereunto signed my name in the presencc of two subscribingwitnesses.

` D. T. WARD.

Witnesses:

JAY HYATT, JAMES C, BxoWN.

